set of award documents and medals to one man

[joeimwalle]

here is a set of award documents and medals to one man, medals i picked up individually, award doc's all came with one lot.
named to HERBERT GRAU DATED FROM 1940-44 GREAT LOT.

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Award 2

Award 2

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Award Doc 3

3rd doc

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4th award doc

4th award doc

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5th award doc

5th award doc

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6th award doc

6th medal and doc wound badge

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7th award doc wound badge

7th award

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closeups of sigs

closeups

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closeups

pics

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more closeups

medals

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last pics

last pic

[grobkörnig]

joeimwalle,

very nice set.

One question came to my mind when I was watching the documtens: How could he have been awarded the KVK in 1944 although he had been awarded the Iron Cross in 1940? Wouldn't that have been against the rules?

Regards
gk

[Simon O.]

joeimwalle,

very nice set.

One question came to my mind when I was watching the documtens: How could he have been awarded the KVK in 1944 although he had been awarded the Iron Cross in 1940? Wouldn't that have been against the rules?

Regards
gk

Why should it be against the rules? The KVK was a completely different series for different things. It's not unusual to see for someone that picked up a an EKII or even the EKI early in the war then get a KVKII towards the end.


By the way, the last award is for the drivers profficiency badge in gold, not the wound badge.

[grobkörnig]

Why should it be against the rules?

Because it is explicitly mentioned in "the rules".

Reichsgesetzblatt, 24. Oktober 1939, Nr. 209, Seite 2069:

"Verordnung über die Stiftung des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes.

Artikel 4

Die Verleihung des Eisernen Kreuzes (1939) oder der Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz des Weltkrieges schließt die Verleihung der entsprechenden Klasse des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes aus. Wird das Eiserne Kreuz oder die Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz des Weltkrieges nach erfolgter Verleihung des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes verliehen, so ist die entsprechende Klasse des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes abzulegen.


I don't know if this was changed during the war...

Regards
gk

[Simon O.]

It changed, not sure if it was in Aug.40 or Sept.41 (my German is too shaky to be sure) but in the July '43 copy of Orden un Ehrenzeichen, Merkblatt 15/5, Artikel 4 has been completely re-written.

Die Verleihung des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit schwerten schließt die Verleihung der entsprechenden Klasse des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes ohne Schwerter aus. Wird das Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit schwerten nach erfolgter Verleihung des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes ohne Schwerter verliehen, so ist die entsprechende Klasse des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes ohne Schwerter abzulegen. Sie bleibt jedoch im besitz des verliehenen.